Conservative treatment of fractures at the middle third of the clavicle: The relevance of shortening and clinical outcome

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-194

  Lazarides, Stefanos ^a,b   Zafiropoulos, George ^a  

^a PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLAVICLE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644685171     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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